Space

Rep. James Comer (R-KY).

Comer suggests something ‘sinister’ behind 11 missing scientists

Molly Parks · April 20, 2026 4:13 pm

NASA’s Artemis II rocket launches a 10-day mission around the moon, traveling roughly 230,000 miles from Earth — the farthest humans have traveled, April 1, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Gregg Newton/Getty Images)

How Trump put America back in space, and what comes next

The Artemis II crew – from left, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor Glover, and Commander Reid Wiseman – pause for a group photo inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home.

Artemis II crew shares lunar larks after historic journey around moon and back

Space Force General Stephen Whiting, Commander of United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), speaks during a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing, Thursday, March 26, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Russia planning to put nuclear weapons in space, US general warns

NASA Artemis Moonshot

White House orders NASA and Pentagon to develop nuclear space reactors

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft onboard, launches from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Saturday. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

SpaceX launches first reused spacecraft to resupply International Space Station

Mandy Mayfield June 3, 2017 10:22 pm

News of a New Planet Beyond Neptune

Joshua Gelernter May 29, 2017 9:00 am

The X-37B space plane completed a 718-day classified mission involving experiments conducted while orbiting the Earth. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

WATCH: The Air Force’s super-secret space plane lands after two-year mission

David Brown May 8, 2017 5:07 pm

President Trump said he wanted to see a manned mission to Mars by the end of his presidency. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Trump wants to send a man to Mars during his presidency

Kyle Feldscher April 24, 2017 2:31 pm

Orbital ATK, received permission from Glenn's widow Annie, to name the spacecraft after husband shortly after his death in December. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA honors John Glenn with first full 360-view rocket launch: Watch

Sean Langille April 18, 2017 4:33 pm

The weather balloon reached the second layer of Earth's atmosphere, called the stratosphere. (Twitter)

‘The first protest in space’ takes aim at Trump

Daniel Chaitin April 13, 2017 11:05 pm

A spacesuit-clad Apollo astronaut stands proudly next to a red-white-and-blue American flag, his national trophy telling the lonely world "the United States was here." (NASA/Charlie Duke)

The American flags on the moon are disintegrating

dave-mosher, Business Insider April 11, 2017 5:07 pm

The John Glenn that I got to know was one of "Nestor." (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The John Glenn I knew

adam-sackowitz April 6, 2017 9:26 pm

Trump touts bipartisanship of NASA reauthorization in weekly address

Trump touts bipartisanship of NASA reauthorization in weekly address

Daniel Chaitin March 25, 2017 10:35 am

A hearing next week could be akin to a sparring match between climate scientists who don't always get along. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

GOP-led climate science hearing could be a sparring match

John Siciliano March 22, 2017 11:31 pm

"Perhaps there will be some future bill that makes a difference for Mars, but this is not it." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Elon Musk not smiling about NASA budget signed by Trump

Daniel Chaitin March 22, 2017 2:04 pm

Trump asks Rubio, Cruz if they want to be astronauts

Trump asks Rubio, Cruz if they want to be astronauts

Anna Giaritelli March 21, 2017 8:59 pm